Oh.. it wasn't my unit but from user-tai_digidestany
I bought mine from T&L Telecom (HK-based seller) and they are real brand new and sealed units.


His Note10+ 5G already has verizon sim card inside the tray and developer options is turned on.
Buyers who posted pictures of the units in Lazada show old boxes

This post has been edited by ijuanp03: Dec 12 2019, 10:51 AM

Huawei phones locally are sold cheaper than overseas so you may want to check their promotion for 12.12.- 2799RM for the P30 Pro.

@tai_digidestany
Based on their reply, he avoided your query why developer settings is ON and why your accessories are wrapped in plastic.

You do NOT need a technician to verify whether the telco works because the hardware itself (frequency bands) is supported in the first place.
They mentioned the staff checked if it's charging properly but how did they end up turning on developer options?!

This post has been edited by ijuanp03: Dec 12 2019, 10:51 AM

Galaxy S10 5G:
https://cf.shopee.com.my/file/b25e5799ca428...aa02ce05f17cd7c

This is how the package looks like


Notice the arrangement of accessories?
It's like they took the box from a different device.

This post has been edited by ijuanp03: Dec 12 2019, 10:53 AM

Just an advice, take lots of pictures of the phone and its accessories.
Take screenshot of the firmware version, take screenshot of developer option.
Take picture with verizon sim tray etc..
Send a formal email to Lazada and explain all these things.

You can also check now if Knox is tripped or the phone is rooted or not.
There is one buyer in Lazada who is so angry with the seller as he tried to return the item for whatever reason and when he did,
AZ Tech told the guy that he didn't return the sim card tray so no refund can be made.

Lazada sided with AZ Tech so I assume he got back the phone without the sim tray. Poor guy.

There are bogus sellers out there.
Brand New Galaxy Note 10 - 3199RM from Senheng (2979 promo price tomorrow).

This post has been edited by ijuanp03: Dec 12 2019, 10:54 AM

Check Q&A in Lazada.
Many have already asked if it's conditioned as new/refurbished/used but they insist it's brand new

In Shopee, they also posted the item condition as New instead of Used

Note that a reconditioned as new item is considered USED because you were never the first owner of the phone

They are! Lol. Double check the store but it's 4,299RM. With 10% cashback, you still get 42990 coins or 429RM worth in Shopee.

Edit: T&L in Lazada is selling Note 10+ for 3,459!
You'll get a Snapdragon dual sim device from HK. Not refurbished, not from US!

This post has been edited by ijuanp03: Dec 12 2019, 12:25 AM

Nope! It's an SD unit. You can flash the REAL unlocked US variant with no telco bloatware. It's a "U1" firmware instead of "U". Just google how.

No. It's the price to pay for all online buyers. That's why you have to research and be careful when buying online.

There are good and bad online sellers.

- Correct. Apply screen protector when we all know there is a pre-installed screen protector. The question is WHY do they have to do that?!


- To be fair, they look NEW. I believe these are genuine Samsung accessories


- My GUESS is that these are 2 different boxes that got mixed up for whatever reason


- This is good news!



- To avoid customs perhaps??!


- This, I'm not sure of. From what I know, there is no manual intervention even on telco providers. If you have thousands of units being sold by Verizon, do you think they would do it manually?


- This is what we've all been asking for. Just be truthful of the process. If they need to hide the units in customs and have to ship the boxes/accessories separately, they should tell their buyers so people won't doubt the authenticity of their products.

This post has been edited by ijuanp03: Dec 12 2019, 10:44 AM

So I made some photo comparison last night with my Motorola One Zoom vs Note 10 Gcam vs Note 10 Snapdragon Stock Camera.

As expected, Samsung is still aggressive with de-noise and softens image.
I was expecting Note10 to be at least on par with my stock Motorola One Zoom camera but it loses to a phone considered to be an upper midrange device.

This is one of the reasons why I don't believe in camera reviews by famous tech youtubers/writers.
They judge the image by the brand and for all we know, they are being sponsored to make a good write-up.

From left to right: Motorola One Zoom Stock-Note10 Gcam-Note10 Stock

Sample 2.
I cropped and zoomed in to the subject.
Notice how less detail it is on the scarf.
Samsung needs to step up their game with their next flagship.
Hopefully S11 will have a competitive computational photography like Pixel phones. This is what Apple learned by copying Google with their "deep fusion" marketing gimmick term.

Night mode sample.
Left: Motorola One Zoom's "Night Vision"
Right: Note 10's "Night Mode"

I'm not hating Note 10 but this year, Apple fanboys should rejoice since the iPhone 11 series did a great job in improving their cameras while Samsung is still doing the same old image processing.

Cross fingers for an improved camera with the Android 10 update.

Note 10+
but warning----
Item Condition: Used
2nd hand unit as per details.

2999RM for a USED Note10+ being sold in Shopee and Lazada.
Lol. Unless you read everything in the ad, you will definitely overlook their description that it's a used device.
The title itself is written "as new condition" so people are confusing this as brand new.

There are 3 questionable things from the seller's response:

1. They applied another screen protector when in fact, all Note10s have pre-installed screen protector. Could it be that the phone is used that's why they have to replace the default screen protector due to unavoidable scratches?

2. Samsung stickers are not aligned. Why would it be misaligned? Unless it's not the actual box for the phone.

3. Developer options turned on (it has nothing to do with any Verizon bloatware).

Dynamic range is excellent but too much softening.
Samsung can't compete in bringing out detail into the shot.
But if you're not going to pixel-peep, you would think pictures look great as it is pleasing to the eye.

I'll be testing my dual sim Snapdragon Note 10 without limiting features with both sim cards inserted.
Let's see how it holds up compared to my Motorola One Zoom.

Hopefully battery life is decent enough as my daily driver. Decent for me is at least 4 hours SOT per full charge. (Moto One Zoom can last more than 7 hours so I'm not asking too much).

Oh.. it's a Note 10 not the + version.
Both are running full HD+. So far it's ok. I'm enjoying the compact size compared to the One Zoom but i miss Moto gestures (chop twice to flashlight and twist to camera), Moto display (wave on top of the screen to check notification and especially the glowing Motorola logo for notification at the back).

Performance is definitely faster (675 vs 855) but I'm still getting used to the curved display (slight accidental touches here and there).

I've tried different versions of Gcam and although it worked pretty good, I can live with the decent camera quality of the stock camera. I'll just use Gcam if an iPhone user tries to compare camera side by side. Lol